IMMA – Kaspika

Kaspika

Caspian Seals Conservation Agency

Moulting Caspian seals on a haul-out site, the northeastern Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan. UAV image credited by the Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology.

Distribution patterns of Caspian seal island haul-outs

23/07/202627/07/2026 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, haul-out sites, IMMA, nature reserve, regression

© 2026. Mirgaliy Baimukanov (1), Mukhabat Sirazhitdinova (1, 2), Assel Baimukanova (1, 2)*, Sultan Ryskulov (1), and Saule Assylbekova (3). (1) Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, Almaty, Kazakhstan. (2) Al-Farabi Kazakh

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Caspian Seal Habitat Awarded Important Marine Mammal Area Status

06/12/202127/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment IMMA, Important Marine Mammal Area, Kaspika, Phoca caspica, Pusa caspica, the Caspian, the Caspian Sea, the Caspian seal, the IUCN, the IUCN Joint SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force

Caspian seals (Pusa caspica) live only in the Caspian Sea — located at the junction of Europe and Asia, the largest